The Premier League season is three games old and the transfer window remains open for another week. Liverpool are among those who may panic.
10) Southampton (striker)
As unexpected as the comeback was, perhaps the most surprising element of Southampton’s win over Leicester was the method by which it was secured.
Not since those heady days of February had a Saints striker scored in the Premier League. During that unbeaten month, Armando Broja, Shane Long and Che Adams netted in wins over Tottenham, Everton and Norwich respectively, while it was Adams again who equalised in a draw with Manchester United.
Ralph Hasenhuttl might be persuaded to keep the 26-year-old based on his King Power heroics but whether Adams stays or leaves for Premier League pastures new, Southampton are short up front.
Their other options are entirely limited to the bright but goalless Sekou Mara and Adam Armstrong, who has two goals in 31 games since joining for £15m. Great as it would be to see Theo Walcott used as a centre-forward in this, the year of our Lord 2022, it’s perhaps best to look a little further afield.
9) Bournemouth (centre-half)
With the best defensive record and most clean sheets in last season’s Championship, Bournemouth might ordinarily have felt they could focus their attentions elsewhere in terms of summer improvement. But Scott Parker declared his backline to be “ultra-light” in late July for a reason.
The Cherries reluctantly returned loanee Nat Phillips to Liverpool soon after promotion, while the decision not to test the 36-year-old legs of Gary Cahill with a 17th season of Premier League football was mutual. That pair played 17 and 22 games respectively – especially during a miserly run-in – but have been replaced only by Marcos Senesi.
The £13m centre-half debuted with a late cameo in the 4-0 defeat to Manchester City and made his first start against Arsenal, only to be substituted at half-time with Gabriel Jesus-related motion sickness. Jefferson Lerma ended up filling in but he is two things: an avid collector of yellow cards and specifically not a Premier League defender.
8) Chelsea (striker)
Quite how a new centre-forward would have helped Edouard Mendy remember how to use his legs or helped the rest of the Chelsea squad overcome the harrowing experience of their coaching team having to travel by Stagecoach is anyone’s guess. But Thomas Tuchel has examined the players available to him and decided that Romelu Lukaku’s shape…
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